Sanchit Dass
Currently in MA, but open to relocation throughout the US
Full-stack / Low-level
Via linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanchitd9/
Brief description
Sanchit only has a couple years of formal experience, but he's much stronger on a technical level than most people with a comparable resume.
Our recommendation here is based on a very strong performance on our interview - when we conduct interviews, our interviewer doesn't know what someone's background looks like, and in this case ours thought Sanchit probably had substantial experience as a tech lead. He's clear in his thought process and code structure and (while this is hard for us to evaluate with high certainty) seems quite motivated as well.
What they're looking for
Sanchit is looking for a technically challenging role, preferably using Python or React. He'd like to avoid Ruby/Rails-based codebases if possible.
Interview results
If you're new to our interview, here's what you need to know:
It's a 90 minute call with one of our senior engineers. (Here's what's on it.)
Green scores = up to the bar of early-stage silicon valley startups (this is a high bar).
Any green score is a recommendation for that area.
A "good" score is approximately 90th percentile.
A "great" score is approximately 95th percentile.
An "exceptional" score (extremely rare) is approximately 99th+ percentile.
Remember that if someone appears here at all, we recommend them.
Overall:
Great
Section scores:
Timed coding
Great
Quite fast even though he chose to do our interview in C. Most candidates use a dynamic language like Python or JS, which makes rapid progress on problems like this easier, but Sanchit outpaced them comfortably anyway. Good code quality, systematic process, we really have no complaints here.
Concepts - CS/Algos
Not quite
Just below the line. Has the basics, but we would’ve wanted a little bit more depth for a passing score on this section.
...Full-stack web
Not quite
Similar to CS/algos: has the basics, was missing some of the deeper theoretical depth.
...Low-level & security
Good
Great on low-level details, OK on security, and gave a general impression of “has done this stuff before”.
Architecture
Great
Unusually strong for a candidate of his experience level, and gave the impression of someone who’s been a tech lead before. Lots of detail, discussion of trade-offs and scaling solutions, and general awareness of what was important. As with the coding section, this section was strong enough to be close to enough for a recommendation even taken alone.
Technical communication
Good
No strong signal, but it wasn't a barrier or concern.
